http://bigculture.com/personal-tags/jamaican-politics The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://bigculture.com/prophecy-and-jamaican-election <p>I have been reading the story carried in the Jamaican Gleaner about Prophet Phinn and his predictions for the Jamaican election based on the “Science of Sevens”. Being the typical sceptic, I had to do some further investigation on my own. I am not sure how to interpret for fear of being chastise. But who is this Dr Phinn? It turns out that he has a long list of qualifications. He is an international motivational speaker, minister, author, and lecturer, advisor, counselling psychologist, businessman, economic and financial consultant and teacher. </p> <p>His prophecy is based on series of “sevens” that coincide with Portia Simpson being the seventh Prime Minister of Jamaica and other occurrence related to this general election. If one was to treat this as mere occurrence then obviously the amount of attention that surrounded Dr Phinn’s predictions would have been minor. However, aside from making the main newspapers, this is now additional election materials for this campaign. The Jamaican Prime Minister noted in a speech last week that she was the seventh Prime Minister of Jamaica and Jamaica has seven national heroes, hence her reason for announcing nomination day as August 7. </p> <p>Those of us who are superstitious will take these prophecies out of context but at the same time “words” are so powerful. Politicians will use these statements to gain political mileage. The Jamaica Labour Party and particularly Bruce must be searching for their own version of Dr Phinn. </p> <p>The stakes are high and losing is not an option, Bruce Golding will need to pull a prophet “from the hat”. His or her qualification should be as long as Dr Phinn. That person must reflect the people, no foreign pastors allowed. This rules out several US Tele-evangelist who maybe looking for business opportunities in a highly religious society as Jamaica. But Bruce cannot use the “numbers” strategy out of fear of copying Portia’s lyrics. So that rules out the obvious strategy. </p> <p>Unfortunately I have no suggestions for Bruce but this is shaping up to be one “Killa Clash”</p> Articles http://bigculture.com/prophecy-and-jamaican-election#comments Blogs Jamaican Politics Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:21:56 -0500 robert 370 at http://bigculture.com